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Retailers’ efforts to draw U.S. customers in for Black Friday appear to have been successful, as Mastercard (MA) reported a rise in consumer spending on the post-Thanksgiving shopping holiday from last year.

 

U.S. retail sales excluding automotive were up 3.4% year-over-year on Black Friday, according to the Mastercard SpendingPulse survey, which noted e-commerce sales jumped 14.6% but in-store sales rose just 0.7%.

 

The report found that jewelry, electronics, and apparel remain the biggest gift sectors, with a particularly strong online sales result for apparel on Black Friday as temperatures cooled in much of the country leading up to the holiday.

 

“Black Friday was a good indicator of how the holiday season is positively shaping up,” Mastercard Economics Institute chief economist Michelle Meyer said. “Our real-time insights show that consumers are comfortably in the gift-giving spirit as price reductions and deals occur across sectors, supporting budgets for holiday shopping.”

 

Last year, the survey said Black Friday retail sales rose by 2.5%, with online sales increasing by a smaller 8.5% and in-store sales gaining by a slightly higher 1.1%. Mastercard and other companies also found that an increasing number of consumers used “buy now, pay later” services on Black Friday last year.

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